παραμένω
paraménō · G3887 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to stay with, to remain with
To stay in a place together with someone
ExamplesPhilippians 1:25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
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to continue, to remain in, to keep on
To continue in an activity or state
ExamplesHebrews 7:23 The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing;
James 1:25 But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: I 2
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- εἰςto+ προκοπήprogress, advancement 1
- εἰςto+ χαράjoy 1
- πρόςto, toward, with+ σύyou 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἴδωto know 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To continue, to remain in, to keep on68.11
- This domain covers παραμένω naming ongoing perseverance in a state or activity, as James describes one who attends faithfully to God's word: “But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.” (James 1:25)
- To stay with, to remain with85.56
- Here παραμένω names ongoing physical presence alongside others, as Paul expresses confidence in his continued ministry: “Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith.” (Philippians 1:25)
Word family 27 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future παραμένω; 1 aorist participle παραμείνας; from Homer down; to remain beside,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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